T he C oquille H erald
VOL. 28;
COQUILLE, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1911
NO. 32
JUDGE LOWE
PASSED AWAY
ON THURSDAY
the coast by way of Camas valley,
and down the middle fork of the
Coquille river.
On arriving at the
Sixes river most of the male popu
lation of Port Orford
was met on
the way to the gold fields along the
river.
Port Orford was at first not at
tractive to the new comers.
of the people of the locality
David J. Lowe, one o f the old-
gathered
in
the
Most
had
place for safety
from the Indians.
It had been
oBt and moat prominent settlers in planned by the party to take a boat
the
Cdfqullle
valley,
died
last back to California, but a severe gale
Thursday at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs, A. D. Wolcott, in Marsh
field, aged 87 years.
Deceased had
been in poor health for some time.
Judge Lowe came to California in
1849, and to Oregon in 1856.
In
ame up and It wag this freak of
ho elements that caused Judge
Lowe to be a citizen of Oregon. On
account of the storm the members
of the party decided not to go to
sea.
They stayed at a hotel kept
1858 he moved with his family to the by Billy Crazy and were living on
The storm
Coiiutlle river, and had since that very scant rations.
time made this county his home.
Mr. Low e was a veteran o f
the
Mexican war, had served four terms
as justice o f the peace, three times
as
county
commissioner, one as
county judge, and twenty-one years
drove the kelp o ff Cape Blanco reef
and this, forming a seine,
brought
in hundreds of tong of fish, oysters
and clams to replenish the deplet
ed hotel table fare.
Many people came to try
as clerk of the Myrtle Grove school
fortunes
district..
Ruffner, who owned the Hotel Pey-
Deceased Is survived by his wife,
and three children, Frank T. Lowe
and Mrs. A. D. Wolcott of Marsh
field, and David J. Lowe, o f this
tonia at
in
their
the mines, and Peter
Port Orford,
the arrivals.
was among
He took charge
of
tho hotel and opened up a commer
cial establishment in connection wit
the mines, and Mr. Low e was em
city.
The
follow ing
interesting biog
raphy is published from the Coos
Bay Times:
ployed by him.
Mr. Low e and he concluded to In
vestigate.
Attracted
across
the
continent
Much talk of the
Coquille valley had been heard by
In
company
with his
ihreo former traveling companions
during the gold fever of '49, and for he made a trip in a canoe up the
of a gold miner in California, Judge Coquille to Argo and the party re
several years following the fortunes turned to Port Orford much elated
David John
Lowe first
penetrated
the wilds o f Oregon in 1856.
For
more than half a century, as miner,
rancher, hotel keeper and public o f
ficial, he played a prominent part
among the pioneers in the develop
ment of Coos county.
Children of
men and women whom as judge he
united in marriage are now gray,
cities have grown up about him and
a wilderness in the Coquille valley
Iris become Inhabited during hiB ca
reer in Oregon.
Judge Low e was born November
10,
1823,
Maryland.
John
In
Baltimore county,
He was the fifth David
Lowe
in
direct
line
in
the
family. One of his ancestors came
to this country with Lord Baltimore
and
helped to establish
Baltimore
county, and bis grandfather on his
mother's side fought under General
Washington.
Judge Low lived on a farm until
lie was 21 years of age.
When the
war with Mexico broke out he en
listed at Washington, D. C., in the
Mounted
Rifles,
landed
at
1847,
and
Company
Vera
C.
He
Cruz in April.
marched
with General
Scott's army as far as Perota Cas-
*
tie, where he was stationed.
A fter
being discharged he was at the lay
ing of the cornerstone o f the Wash
ington monument, July 4, 1848.
Lowe told
Mr
with pride how on re
turning from the war to Washing
ton he was entertained and receiv
ed by President Polk, for whom he
cast his first vote, and by members
of congress.
distinction
He also enjoyed the
of
having
walked ov«P
the tracks of the first railroad built
In the United States.
But he did not have the use of
railroads In 1849, when he made the
trip across the continent to the Cal
over the Coquille country. Mr. Lowe
sent for his
brother,
RETURNED
RESIGNED CODNCILMEN
A FEW CASES GRAND 6 JURY
CHURCH
AND
BENSON LAID
TRUE BILLS TO DATE
WILL SERVE TILL JUNE
SET FOR TRIAL
TO REST AT
NEXT WEEK
AT BANDON
ROSEBURG
J
The grand jury, which hag been
in session all week, returned
six
true bills and one not true bill this
afternoon.
They expect to finish
up their work by Saturday noon.
True bills were returned against
the following:
There are 171 cases on the dock
The
Presbyterian
church
and
W alter Clapper, charged with ob
et for the April term of the clr- I taining money and property under manse were totally destroyed by fire
cult court up to date, and with the false pretense.
early Monday morning, making
a
A second true bill wag returned
true bills brought In by the grand j
logs of about 15,000, with probably
against Clapper on the charge of
jury the number will probably be j
one-fourth that amount of insur
forgery.
Increased to in the neighborhood of
Ray Brown, charged with obtain ance.
180 cases.
About 50 cases have ing money and property under false
The cause of the fire Is unknown
been disposed of by Judge Coke, pretense, and a second on a charge hut many think it to have been in
o f forgery.
however, or settled out of court.
cendiary, while others think it mlgl £
Joseph Kelly, charged with receiv
There are only two criminal cases
have been caused by defective wir
ing stolen property.
on the docket at present, that of
ing for electric lights.
A not true bill was returned in
State vs. John Herron and State
The fire was discovered yester
the case of Arthur Young, charged
vs. George Crowley. The former with obtaining money under false day morning about 5 o’clock,
by
J
was
tried
at the December term
and Herron was convicted.
He is
now seeking a new trial.
In State
vs.
charged
Crowley
defendant
is
with wanton cruelty to a horse.
There are 17 divorce cases on the
docket.
Following are the cages already
set for trial:
Ward
Logging
Co.
vs.
Simpson
Lumber Co.
The Press Publishing Co. vs. A.
t. Mendel et al.
Gustaf Svenson vs. Moore Lum-
her Co.
Bandon
Creamery
Co.
vs. Co
quille Valley Bottling Works.
Perdue vs. Butler.
Geo. E. Peoples, as guardian of
Allen
D.
Randleman,
pretense.
vs.
J.
L.
Bean.
Y. M. Lowe,
was going
SAMUEL SHUCK.
The following letter was received
this week relative to the death of
Samuel Shuck, reported in the Her
ald last week:
Pomona, Cal., April 15.— Editor
the Herald:
I wish to inform our
friends through the columns of your
paper of the death of my dear fath
er, Samuel Shuck, on April 4, 1911,
at Los Angeles.
He and mother
moved from your town last Novem
ber and came to Pomona, since
j which time they have resided with
us.
His health, since coming to
California, was better than it had
been for several years, until about
the last of February he had two
nervous chills.
A fter that he did
j not regain his usual health.
He
and mother went to Los Angeles to
doctor.
The third morning after
s'aglng In California, with all the
ups and downs of those days of so
many successes and o f failures. He
started
north, and In
1856
himself at the headwaters o f
Rogue river.
found
the
Accompanying him to
Oregon were Charles Hllborn, Jas.
O liver and Plumer Emery.
A fter
traveling over much o f Jackson and
Josephine counties, the party arriv
ed at Roseburg and struck out ft
met in special ■
for
the 1
purpose of approving the appoint
ment
of
Councilinen
Hazard and
j
Johnson to fill the vacancies caused
by their resignations recently.
Roseburg, Ore., April 18.— With
Mr. Hazard and Mr. Johnson re- i
signed at the last meeting in order ritualistic serivees by" the local 1 . ’ e
fo have their successors elected at of the B. P. O. Elks In their U m-
the coming election, but were will ple, and by the Oddfellows at
C o
ing to serve by appointment until grave in their cemetery, the b >:>
'heir
successors
qualified.
Mayor
are elected and of the late Secretary of State, F n n k
Quick therefore W.
Benson, was laid to
appointed them to fill the balance morning.
Nearly
rest t ¡Is
1000 people, on
of the term, and the appointment foot and in carriages, were in the
procession from the Elks' Temple to
was approved by the council.
Sam Nosler’s lease on the water the grave side.
front
back o f his warehouse
Among those fol
was lowing the body to the grave w t.i
■Iso passed upon and the mayor and Governor Oswald Wst and th n •
were authorized to sign Governor Oswald West and the ne .,-
to
his home,
and the
alarm was immediately turned
in,
and people swarmed from every di
rection t * be o f assistance if pos
sible, but so far as extinguishing the
fire was concerned there was abso
lutely nothing to be done as there
are no hydrants on the hill, and no
W. Olcott, and a number of state
the same.
ly appointed secretary o f state, Ben
B A X TE R RE-OPENED.
officials and prominent citizens ol
J. F. Steinmau and w ife arrived
here o i the Fifleld last week from
San Francisco and re-opened
Baxter hotel this week.
the
Mr. and
Mrs. Stelnman are experienced ho
beautiful floral offerings
were re-
the state from many points.
Many
ceived from all parts of Oregon and
the grave
was made a
bower
of
beauty.
saved and probably the fire could
tel people, having been In the bus
The local militia company led the
iness In Sacramento for a number
cortege.
A ll business was suspend
o f years. It is planned to open the
ed
in
this
city during the funeral
dining room next Monday. Extens
nave been extinguished
ive changes are being made in the of the late secretary of state, who
water for fire protection, although
the manse could easily have been
from
the
church, had there been any water.
way of new furniture and carpets in made this city his home for man;,
And
the hallways and rooms, and
this
brings
us face to face
again with the fact that Bandon is
Mr. years, and was for years an office
Stelnman Intends to make a first-
sorely in need o f fire protection, and class hotel of the Baxter.
something must be done at once or
3ome morning we w ill all wake up
holder in this city and county.
The
schools were closed during the fu
neral, which was one of the larges'
M A Y BUY RANCH.
ever held here.
R.S. Tyrrell, o f Oakland, Cal., and
District
Attorney
George
M.
J.
A. Davenport, of this city, are ne Brown delivered the eulogy on tho
paupers in a single night. The proi-
osltion of fire protection has been gotiating for the purchase of all of Elks' funeral service, and Grand
the J. C. Watson holdings, north Master Thomas F. Ryan, of the graa
discussed pro and con long enbugh,
of town, comprising 180 acres of Master Thomas
F. Ryan, o f th ■
and it is now time that something
highly improved land. This is one
grand lodge I. O. O. F., directed th'
was being done, as the dry season
of tho finest ranches in the valley
services of that order at the grave
is again approaching when there is
and is considered a g ilt edge In
side.
great danger, so now is the time
vestment.
to get busy and do something.
J. L. Thompson purchased the of
The Presbyterian society of Ban
A REQUEST.
fice building formerly used by the
don was organized in June, 1891,
Tho second Sunday in May
is Johnson Lumber company this week,
and February 9, 1892 they purchas
“ Mother’s Day.” The pastor of the and had It moved from east of the
ed the lot where the church stood Methodist Episcopal church would
depot to tho lot north of the Phar
and although we were unable to get like the readers o f this paper to
macy building, where he will use it
the exact date when the erection of send him within two weeks a defi
for a garage.
the church building was commenced, nition of a real, true mother, or a
it was probably the follow ing sum word of appreciation for mother.
and find that we have been made
Susan O. Ensign vs. Coos coun take treatments of a chiropractic
going he took a chill at 4 a. m.
ty.
the Judge went to California and
and soon became unconscious, and
Heese vs. Bruner.
vas married and brought back his
passed away in that state at 11:30
Milton vs. Koontz.
a. m. the same morning.
We
bride. They kept the Peytonia ho
brought his body back here and in-
tel and in July, 1858, the two
ROHES PLAN TE D .
termnet was made in Pomona ceme
brothers and their wives started for
Members o f the M. E. Church, tery.
(ho Coquille. They traveled with
South, at Flshtrap, spent two days
He was born September 3, 1830,
the mall carrier on the first trip
last week improving and beautify in Ohio. It is hard to give him up,
ever made by a mail carrier
in
ing the church grounds.
A wire but we know it is well with him as
Coos county.
It was on this trip
eh has lived the Christian life since
fence was built around the yard and
12 years old, and we expect to meet
that Judge Lowe met Dr. Hermann
about 50 rose bushes were planted.
him again on heaven’s bright shore.
from Baltimore, who afterward es
The members are also planning an
Mrs. L. A. Clinton.
tablished the famous Hermann col
entertainment and box supper for
ony on the Coquille.
the near future, the proceeds
of
J. B. Steinnon, of Marshfield, was
Mr. Low e said that the first flood which will be used to purchase a
a county sent business visitor Wed
on the Coquille came in 1861, and bell and paint the church.
mer, thus making the building about Send communications to E. Sutton
nesday.
Mused water to pour into his house.
19 years old. It was a substantial Mace, Coquille, Ore.
Ray Dean left today for Myrtle
When
the water had subsided a
building
and quite commodious, al
PA IN F U L L Y INJURED.
Creek for a week's outing.
■ew residence was built on higher
R E V IV AL MEETINGS.
though
it
was becoming too small
Rev. W illiam
Lyons, of Myrtle
Geo. H. Sigsby, of this city, has
land, the lumber being brought from
Next Sunday morning Rev. L. P.
for
the
needs
of
the
congregation,
Point, had the misfortune to fall I bought property In Bandon and inov
Coos bay by raft and ox team.
i and steps were being taken to raise Law, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas,
and toar the ligaments of his ankle j ed down with his family Friday.
About 1860 Judge Lowe granted while at Fishtrap last week.
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h e building about two feet and will begin a series o f evangelistic
The
Dean s studio will be closed till 1
M. E. Church,
to I’ ohl, Grub & Rink a mill right injury Is very painful and will make '
build a full basement under
the meetings at the
May 1.
r.
on his place and the firm built a It impossible for him to attend to
...
. church, with a 10-foot celling, when South. A large choir will be made
Miss
Elizabeth
Tellefsen,
of
sawmill which was about the first his duties for the next month or six „
.
,.
. _ . .
i the church was destroyed. The one o f the features o f these meet
Marshfield, spent Saturday and Sun-,
of the Coquille river lumber busi weeks.
manse was practically a new build- ings, and it is planned to secure a
day in Coquille.
chorus of 50 to 100 voices.
ness, now so extensive.
The mill
lng,
being
completed only about
Mrs. H. S. Hammond was called
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
was operated by waterpower and
three years ago. The furniture was
Hospital for Measles.
to Marshfield Wednesday on busi
Come to the Christian Endeavor
would cut 1200 feet a day in the
all saved from the manse, and most
A seven-glory hospital exclusive
ness, returning Thursday.
winter when there was plenty
of at the Christian church Sunday ev
Tom Harvey, of Marshfield, was of the windows and doors were take ly for the treatment of measles is
water.
This
enterprise brought ening, April 23, at 7 o’clock. Sub- j
a Coquille business visitor Thurs off, but there was very little saved to be built in New York City this
vessels directly up the river. Such Ject, "Sabbath Benefits.'’
from the church.
summer at a cost of 1275,000. Tho
day.
a fine quality of cedar was ship
A
t
a
meeting
of
tho
church
trus
building will be of reinforced con
Mrs. N eil Woodruff, who is being
APPOINTED INTERNE.
ped to San Francisco that others
tees
last
night
it
was
decided
to
re
crete and of the most modern hos
R. V. Leep, son o f Dr. K. A. | nursed through an attack o f typhoid
Investigated the locality.
Captain
pital construction.
It will accom
build
the
church
at
once,
and
Im
fever at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Parker and
Mr. Cook built the Leep, of this city, has the honor of
modate
325
patients.
mediate
steps
w
ill
be
taken
toward
leading his class In scholarship in Jas. Richmond, is reported to be
Parkersburg mill on the Coquille
the medical college of the Univer about the same, and Is getting along securing funds and making other ar
and constructed the tug Katie Cook,
ODD FELLO W S TO MEET.
and
Mrs. rangements for the building,
sity of Oregon, at Portland,
from ! as well as can be expected.
and from then on the Coquille river
The Coos County Odd Fellows as-
there
will
no
doubt
be
a
liberal
re
which institution he graduates this W oodruff contracted the fever in
people were Independent and self-
| sociatlon, composed o f members of
spring.
Mr. Leep won, by compet Marshfield while attending to her sponse from Bandon people whether
supporting.
The lumber business,
all the lodges In the county, will
they are members of the church or
itive examination, an appointment as duties as a nurse in the hospital.
which was started from the little
I meet at North Bend April 26.
A
not, as all recognize the great im
interne in St. Vincent's hospital at
water m ill has grown wonderfully.
A marriage license was granted
1 usiness session will be held in the
portance of an Institution of this
Portland, and will assume his duties
Timothy Billings and Ida Lewis F ri
Judge Lowe was one of the first
forenoon and a social time and ban-
kind In our city.— Recorder.
Immediately after graduating.
to attempt farming along the Co
day.
' quet In the evening
who ctfhie with his wife and then
j
He reached Sar- quille river, and lived to see the
v."merito in September, after a hard Coquille valley become one of the
trip.
The city was only a village richest ranching districts In the
o f tents along the river.
state.
For several years Judge Lowe was
The city council
session Tuesday evening
Nightwatchman Harry Nelson, as he recorder
ifornia gold fields.
engaged in mining, store keeping a:d
PER YEAR $1.50
SUNDAY SERVICES IN
COQUILLE CHURCHES
ST. JAMES E PIS t'O PA L.
Services first and third Sundays
of
each
month.
Sunday school
every Sunday at 10 a. m.
Archdeacon Wm. Horsfall, rector.
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Preaching each Sunday, morning
and evening, except the third Sun
day in each month.
Bible school at 10 a. ni.
Christian
Endeavor each Sunday
evening.
You arc heartily wolco,.
T. It. McDonald, Minister
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Services next Sunday as usual.
Bible school at 10 a. m.
Preaching service at 11 a. m. and
8 p. m.
Frank II. Adams.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL
Remember Dr.
Wilkinson
will
give the Passion Play this Friday
evening, at 8 o’clock.
He will give an address Sunday
Eighty dollars per month straight
Mayor J. E. Quick will leave on
Urban Elwood, while helping his
evening, also.
tho Alliance tomorrow for Eureka
salary and expenses, to men with
The other Sunday services will be
Judge Lowe and Eurllle A. Slay- on a business trip, and expects to be uncles, H. L. and A. W. Varney, to rig, to introduce our Poultry Rent-
Bible school at 10 a. m. Preaching
move the old Johnson Lumber com
back were married September
13, gone about 10 days
Don't answer unless
yoa
edles
When children in the Ia>we fam
Bob Gee announces another so pany office,
1 by Dr. J. T. Abbott at 11 a. m.
had his hand badly
1857. The bride came from Mont
mean business.
Eureka Poultry !
ily reached school age the nearest
Platform meeting at 2:30 p. m.
gomery county. III., and wag one cial dance at the Heazlet Saturday mashed Tuesday by one of the rol Food Mfg. Co. (Incorporated), Eat' :
school house was at Empire, thirty
night.
o f a well known Ohio family. For
lers passing over it.
Ills glove In |
Louis, III.
miles from the ranch, so Mr. Lowe
Clark and Calver Mace have
over 40 years the couple lived on
some manner caught under the rol
The Coquille Bakery * Confec
organized school district No. 11
rented
u dairy ranch near Norway,
the same place and took part in tionery has Just received a
STATE TAX PAID.
nice, ler and made It impossible for him I
and a school house was built at
and moved out the last of the week.
the development of the Coquille val fresh line of fruits, candy and nuts. to withdraw It in time.
Although
County Treasurer
Dtmmick ro-
Myrtle Grove, near his home.
He
ley.
Three years ago the couple \ Also all kinds of chewing gum. Give his hand was badly mashed and 1« mltted the first half o f Coos coun- Mrs. Mace will divide her time be
was chosen clerk
of the school
tween the ranch and the parson-
moved from Bandon to Marshfield us a call.
vrry painful, no bones were brok- ty's portion of the state tax Wed-
board, aad served as such for 21
field, and Dacvid J Yoye of this
to live with their daughter, Mrs. A.
en and it is not likely that any I nesday, amounting to 816,303.93^
FOR SALE.
years.
He was also justice o f the
D. Wolcott, who is the oldest white j
i The other half will be due In the aKe-
One o f the best improved dairy fingers vili be lost.
peace for four terms, county com
child born on the Coquille river.
farms in the valley, at a bargain.
i fall.
missioner for three terms, and coun
Fresh vegetables at eur store
It will pay yon to drop In at. Rob-
H. L. Carl, Myrtle Point,
Ore. ’
ty Judge of Coos county for one
every
week
Lyons & Joue».
Subscribe foe the Herald, I I 50 I Telephone Farmers line 101.
Tents for rent at Anderson's.
1 inson's any day.
term.
During his official capacity
he married over 20 cpuples.
HAND MASHED.